RLT in the News
29 August, 2022
December 2020
December 2, 2020
DECEMBER 10, 2020,
November 20, 2020
The second edition of Rainbow Lit Fest goes digital
Jun 09, 2020
It was early June 2019 when the idea of the Rainbow Lit Fest (RLF) was seeded in my head. I was sitting with Dibakar Ghosh, the editor of my memoirs Straight To Normal, discussing the absence of large format queer literature festivals in India and abroad. Barring a handful of festivals in the US and Europe, queer literature features as part of Pride festivities and film festivals.
DECEMBER 10, 2019
The fest saw the launch of several books such as Pawan Dhall’s‘Out Of Line And Offline – Queer Mobilizations in 90s Eastern India’, Vikram Kolmannskog anthology ‘Fearless Love’ and others.
4 December 2019
This weekend, December 7-8, 2019, will see the capital playing host to the inaugural edition of the Rainbow Literature Festival, a two-day event at Gulmohar Park Club—a location that, as the former HQ of the Naz Foundation (the NGO that has been at the forefront of India’s battle with Section 377),
4 December 2019
This weekend, December 7-8, 2019, will see the capital playing host to the inaugural edition of the Rainbow Literature Festival, a two-day event at Gulmohar Park Club—a location that, as the former HQ of the Naz Foundation (the NGO that has been at the forefront of India’s battle with Section 377),
29 Nov 2019
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
The Rainbow Lit Fest is being co-organised and crowdfunded by author Sharif D Rangnekar, author of ‘Straight To Normal
November 20, 2019
In a bid to go beyond binaries and bringing together different identities and sections of the society, Delhi will host its first ever queer literary festival on December 7-8.
November 30, 2019
Rainbow Lit Fest, to be held next weekend in Delhi, hopes to stake claim to a space for the queer community, mostly left out by mainstream literature festivals
November 28, 2019
Delhi is being blessed with not one but two literature festivals this year and it’s the second one that we’re more excited about. Say goodbye to blue skies because a rainbow is coming to town. The LGBTQIA+ community has a Christmas present for the capital city for the first time.
Nov 22, 2019
“The Rainbow Lit Fest – Queer and Inclusive”, conceptualised by author Sharif D Rangnekar, was conceived on the belief that “literature and art should speak for as many as possible, particularly those who aren’t usually heard”.
